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"Join them in their journey… Does this mean through the remaining gates? The eleventh and the twelfth?" Lunaflora asked Amare.
"That's—"
"U-ughh…" King Calum groaned in agony. His heart began to throb. Or was it his head? Or his core? Or perhaps, his entire being? Unbeknownst to him, the throbbing sent massive pain all throughout his body making him fall down to his knees. Darkness began to reek out from his very skin like fumes.
"Your highness!" Clavis and Illuminaire shouted as they immediately ran towards King Calum's side and aided him.
"Don't!—Don't touch me," King Calum stopped them despite his pained tone. "Y-you might… get blighted."
